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Read this line from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.

Is now the two hours’ traffick of our stage;




Which best paraphrases "two hours’ traffick”?



performance


opening


intermission


conclusion

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Performance

The entire prologue is written in sonnet form. It basically summarizes the entire plot of Romeo and Juliet. It tells the audience that a son and a daughter of feuding families will fall in love. Their parents' hatred for each other drives the teenagers to commit suicide so that they can be together. Then, the families will forgive each other and end the feud. The sonnet ends by telling the audience that this play will take 2 hours to perform and if you are patient, you will see how it is all carried out. The traffic is the coming and goings of the actors's performances on stage.

The sonnet from Romeo and Juliet conveys to the audience that this play will take 2 hours to perform and so if they are patient, they can see how it is all carried out. The traffic indicates the coming and goings of the actors' performances on stage. Option A is the correct statement.

What do you mean by paraphrase?

A restatement of the meaning of textual content or passage with the use of different words is known as a paraphrase. The time period itself is derived through Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek 'extra way of expression'. The method of paraphrasing is likewise known as paraphrasis.

Hence, the paraphrased word "two hours’ traffick” is performance. Option A is the correct statement.

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